[PATCH 12/13] gdb/remote: remove uses of sprintf
Simon Marchi
simon.marchi@efficios.com
Mon Aug 17 15:16:17 GMT 2026
When building on macOS, I get some:
/Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/remote.c:11556:3: error: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead. [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations]
11556 | sprintf (buf, ";cmds:%x,", bp_tgt->persist);
| ^
Both are in remote_add_target_side_commands, which unlike the similar
remote_add_target_side_condition, does not receive the end of the
packet, and does not bound its writes. Give it a BUF_END parameter,
and use xsnprintf.
The edits to remote_add_target_side_condition are to keep the two
functions in sync.
Ideally, the pack_hex_byte calls and the `*buf = '\0'` assignments
should also have some bound checks, but that is outside the scope of
this patch.
Change-Id: Ib2e9849d89ebcc9e6275297138a3deb8bf03a7c3
---
gdb/remote.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 3d38a9c7c8c9..fe898013a394 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -11513,10 +11513,11 @@ Remote replied unexpectedly while setting startup-with-shell: %s"),
}
-/* Given a location's target info BP_TGT and the packet buffer BUF, output
- the list of conditions (in agent expression bytecode format), if any, the
- target needs to evaluate. The output is placed into the packet buffer
- started from BUF and ended at BUF_END. */
+/* Given a location's target info BP_TGT and the packet buffer BUF, output the
+ list of conditions (in agent expression bytecode format), if any, the
+ target needs to evaluate.
+
+ The output is appended to the existing content of BUF. */
static int
remote_add_target_side_condition (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
@@ -11532,35 +11533,42 @@ remote_add_target_side_condition (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
/* Send conditions to the target. */
for (agent_expr *aexpr : bp_tgt->conditions)
{
- xsnprintf (buf, buf_end - buf, "X%x,", (int) aexpr->buf.size ());
- buf += strlen (buf);
+ buf += xsnprintf (buf, buf_end - buf, "X%x,", (int) aexpr->buf.size ());
+
for (int i = 0; i < aexpr->buf.size (); ++i)
buf = pack_hex_byte (buf, aexpr->buf[i]);
+
*buf = '\0';
}
return 0;
}
+/* Given a location's target info BP_TGT and the packet buffer BUF, output the
+ list of commands (in agent expression bytecode format), if any, the target
+ needs to run when the breakpoint is hit.
+
+ The output is appended to the existing content of BUF. */
+
static void
remote_add_target_side_commands (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
- struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt, char *buf)
+ struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt, char *buf,
+ char *buf_end)
{
if (bp_tgt->tcommands.empty ())
return;
buf += strlen (buf);
-
- sprintf (buf, ";cmds:%x,", bp_tgt->persist);
- buf += strlen (buf);
+ buf += xsnprintf (buf, buf_end - buf, ";cmds:%x,", bp_tgt->persist);
/* Concatenate all the agent expressions that are commands into the
cmds parameter. */
for (agent_expr *aexpr : bp_tgt->tcommands)
{
- sprintf (buf, "X%x,", (int) aexpr->buf.size ());
- buf += strlen (buf);
+ buf += xsnprintf (buf, buf_end - buf, "X%x,", (int) aexpr->buf.size ());
+
for (int i = 0; i < aexpr->buf.size (); ++i)
buf = pack_hex_byte (buf, aexpr->buf[i]);
+
*buf = '\0';
}
}
@@ -11604,7 +11612,7 @@ remote_target::insert_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
remote_add_target_side_condition (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p, endbuf);
if (can_run_breakpoint_commands ())
- remote_add_target_side_commands (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p);
+ remote_add_target_side_commands (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p, endbuf);
putpkt (rs->buf);
getpkt (&rs->buf);
@@ -11912,7 +11920,7 @@ remote_target::insert_hw_breakpoint (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
remote_add_target_side_condition (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p, endbuf);
if (can_run_breakpoint_commands ())
- remote_add_target_side_commands (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p);
+ remote_add_target_side_commands (gdbarch, bp_tgt, p, endbuf);
putpkt (rs->buf);
getpkt (&rs->buf);
--
2.55.0
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